Example sentences of "[noun] as he [verb] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ALL SMILES from Gazza as he prepares to make a sensational come-back — in England colours in Spain . |
| 2 | Boris , a quiet , humorous Scot from Aberdeen , is 30 now and he knows that time is not on his side as he tries to improve his world ranking of 35 . |
| 3 | Charlie laughed for the first time since he had left Whitechapel and strolled over to a youth far smaller than himself who was rubbing his hands between his legs as he tried to keep warm . |
| 4 | In January 1952 Acheson resorted to a vivid analogy as he tried to open Churchill 's mind to the need for new policies . |
| 5 | Philip 's face is sad , shadows are in his eyes as he turns to look . |
| 6 | There was a dark look in his eyes as he continued to look down at her , but as she proceeded to wriggle away from him he made no move to stop her . |
| 7 | Trent wiped the rain from his eyes as he tried to calculate speed and distance against the drift of the Zodiac . |
| 8 | Screwing up his eyes as he attempted to remember what Rose had said . |
| 9 | The handsome admirer , said to have called Diana ‘ Squidgy ’ , crunched his company car as he tried to dodge a photographer working for The Sun . |
| 10 | A policeman was one of the first victims , injured when he was hit by a car as he tried to direct rush-hour traffic around an accident on icy roads . |
| 11 | Familiar names were going through Riven 's mind as he tried to tie in what was real in this Minginish and what was in his stories . |
| 12 | He approached her outside her Oxford home and held a knife to her neck as he tried to force her in to her car . |
| 13 | I thought I 'd killed him , but my dread was replaced by fear as he began to come round . |
| 14 | His face was tense with concentration as he worked to remove tiny splinters of bone . |
| 15 | Then he returned , face contorted with concentration as he tried to keep the glasses steady in his blotched hands . |
| 16 | ‘ You 're so lovely … for years I 've dreamed of you lying beside me like this ! ’ he breathed thickly , his powerful body shaking with tension as he tried to control his mounting passion . |
| 17 | Throughout the tournament the popular Murray admitted to feeling enormous tension as he battled to stay ahead of a top-class field , which included eight members of the European Ryder Cup team . |
| 18 | He struggles , turning round as he sinks deeper , chunks and edges of ice rearing into the air and making little puffs and fountains of snow as he tries to find purchase and push himself out . |
| 19 | ‘ I 'm a DK , lady , ’ he said to Defries , grunting the words as he struggled to keep his footing on the juddering floor . |
| 20 | ( He slips a coin over his shoulders as he goes to look upstage . ) |
| 21 | She gripped his hand as tightly as she could , feeling a terrific wrench on her shoulders as he tried to haul her in , steadying himself against the door to ensure that he did n't end up suffering the same fate as his companion . |
| 22 | Shadows leapt and danced away from the light as he fought to steady himself . |
| 23 | Tom Rooney looked at Patrick closely , his pale eyes squinting in the dim light as he attempted to make out the younger man 's expression . |
| 24 | Soon they heard the sharp , swift sounds of the axe as he started to split lengths of branches into firewood . |
| 25 | He takes an impish delight in shocking the press and dismaying the clients as he prepares to change direction : ‘ To be provocative is important , and change is vital for personal survival . |
| 26 | Before filming was finished , she had left Vadim , her director husband , for Jean-Louis Trintignant , her actor husband in the story , a situation which Vadim took with apparent aplomb as he continued to encourage her to strive for even more realism in his rival 's arms . |
| 27 | The stench that the Doctor noted as he approached bore witness to the speed with which decay took place in the tropical climate , and he found that he had to clap a handkerchief over his mouth as he knelt to examine the body . |
| 28 | Only one of his birdie putts was more than 12 feet as he continued to pepper the pins . |
| 29 | It did n't taste of anything much , and it did n't hit particularly hard , but then he did n't exactly feel steady on his feet as he came to stand , either . |
| 30 | Although the Bluebird appeared only in the last act , Shaw 's performance was widely considered the highlight of the evening 's entertainment ; and his brisees volees — little beats of the feet as he appeared to fly through the air — amazed even the Russians , on the company 's original visit to the Maryinsky . |